If you own a Subie, how’s your reliability been? 🤔

I got a 2013 manual and drove it like I stole it for 10 years with no issues

I have a 2012. I got it from 49k miles all the way to 215k without a SINGLE issue other than a clutch and headlamp. Not a single other issue whatsoever. Same engine. Same BATTERY. Same starter. NEVER had an issue with battery, starter, staying running, idling, etc. ZERO issues. It has been the most reliable car I've ever witnessed. At 215k miles, it started to have a check engine light and compression issues in a cylinder. I bought a truck in the meantime and have plans to fix the Subaru as just a sh1t and giggle car.

I will say the WRX was overlooked a lot by Subaru but this generation was finally given some love. It's not perfect by any means but what car is, the head gaskets are fixed, the transmission was given the proper gears (actually has the legacy gt first and second gear, closer 3rd to the legacy gear but not quite the same.) The problem is the young guys who beat the piss out of them and clutch dump, flat foot shift etc... And expect them to take the abuse because they see the rally STI'S doing it. The sti is built for sure no question but the WRX is still a streetable car. They are a rally car at heart not a 70s muscle car with beefy drivetrain.

I had an 05 back in the day and drove the hell out of it with no issues at all. Really want another one. Thanks for the video

my previous subaru clutch pedal also squeaked just the same as yours no matter how much lube i sprayed on it i could never get it to stop squeaking

Planning to get 09 Hatch Impreza N/A as a first car, is it a good idea? I already saved up a lot for the maintenance of it. Do they come with any major issues on the long run?

I’ve heard many times that swapping in the STI gasket immediately fixed the head gasket problems. I’ll give it a shot

To get it in reverse after cold start I just have to push the clutch in ALL THE WAY to the floor

At around 95k mine got rod knock and blew, was covered by the class action lawsuit. At around 115k the fuel pump went. Then at around 117k the clutch and flywheel needed to be replaced. My car runs and drives really nice, kept her completely stock for reliability and I still love her. She does me good.

I have a 2014 Wrx hatch. Burns no oil. None. Zero. Has 94k miles on it and runs like new. Has had a stage 1 pro tune on it for 3 years now with an intake and muffler delete. Is tuned for 91 octane but I run 93. Made 250hp to the wheels. So I probably only am really making 5hp over stock. Car has been absolutely incredible. Love it. Most of these cars have been ridden hard and put away muddy. That’s why wrx don’t survive as long as other cars. They also do have design flaws for sure that cause spun bearings. But if you address the issues. It can be a great platform. If you want to bang gears all the time and throw a ton of mods on it. The motor isn’t going to survive

My 2011 hatch has 132k miles, zero problems so far. All I do is oil changes every 4-6 months and regular maintenance when needed. It's completely stock which is what makes it reliable, and I don't launch the car everyday. edit: I've even gone a year without changing the oil sometimes too, zero maintenance for an entire year. Didn't lose a drop of oil either and when I did the oil change there was zero metal flakes in the oil.

What’s a decent price range for these cars, I see a spectrum of prices

I've owned a manual transmission Turbo EJ powered Subaru since 99 , 1st a Liberty RS , only cos 2nd synco went 180k I rebuilt the box with full PPG internals groupN ratios Awesome👌🏼The 2012 WRX I bought brand new had had its gearbox replaced under warranty after a babied 5k Strange🤷🏿‍♂️, I now own an 08 sti , so far so good @200k

For the transmission having trouble going in to reverse, it happens to me too. What I do is, while holding down the clutch, the instant I try to go into reverse and feel resistance, I’ll quickly put the gear stick in 5th and then 3rd then it goes into reverse smoothly. Something about hitting 5th and 3rd gear “lines” some things up in the transmission allowing it to slip into reverse. Give it a shot next time

this guy standing outside making videos in a tornado

The clutch squeak is the clutch to the gas pedal theres a small thin shaft that turns when you press the clutch you need to juice it with wd-40 it’s closer to the gas pedal which is weird but that’s your problem!!!

I have a 2011 manual hatch and it's taken a couple money shifts now with no issues ( I did push in the clutch before it got dangerously high in revs tho )

my 2010 wrx got rod knock at 125k miles fully stock. Also did clutch change at 121k miles. I swapped a jdm ej205 with 69k miles its been a blast. Just really have to do heavy maintenance its not like a honda that'll keep running without maintenance haha i love my narrowbody tho i fell in love with subaru culture 🤙

Gotta love the clutch pedal squeak😂. my 08 wrx has the same thing, SO LOUD

My 2012 sti has only needed a new power steering rack and pump recently. Got 160,000km, and she runs like new.

@0:15 I think only the 2008 kept the glass transmissions lol. 2009-2014 got upgraded to the Legacy GT transmission and the STI turbo, that being said I had a 2006 WRX with the glass tranny and I drove it until 230k miles on a light tune pushing 283hp and 261tq

Thanks for the advice. I think I have a cam seal leaking….

Just bought a 2014 hatch couple weeks ago. Has 90k miles but with brand new type ra short block. Have driven it 1k miles and almost through with break in period. Had a 2012 wrx for 2 years before this. So no major issues yet. Also haven’t modded the car at all.

Reverse, clutch squeak are both normal subie things 😂 just got mine a year ago today and i love my car with a passion! Another huge subie thing is the center console not closing lol. Oh also the touch screen isnt that good, i would replace that.

Just bought one with 168,000kilometers on it. 2011, base hatch WRX. It's my 3rd Subaru, had a BRZ, and a Legacy GT before. And yes, my WRX clutch squeaks a bit too.

Hello, I’m curious what head unit is that in your wrx? And does it work good?

You still have this car?

Your firewall spot welds/clutch pedal assembly are on their way out. I can hear it in the video.

can i get a warranty for this car ??? someone plz tell me

Would you buy a ‘13 with an engine rebuild (dealer says it was ringland failure)?

Original 2011 sti owner here, no major issues at all because I don't treat it like shit.

I was a kid once and didn't realize race engines get torn down every race. Those teams have sponsors. Sorry Dad!

My 2012 hatch is such a pain to put into reverse. One thing that seems to help is to put it in 1st and then immediately go to neutral and then bang that fucker over to reverse. Seems to be getting worse with age as well lol.

What head unit is that? Looks really good👌

2014 still running smoothly

I love this vehicle, I wish I would have gotten it when it was available.

I got a 2013 manual that's lowered on rails and yet has seen more dirt roads than an early American Settler. More rocks have hit the underside of this car than the underside sidee of my nostrils I was mashing through the Gold Country put my exhaust shove it up against my drive axle Megan Sparks I don't know 2 ft behind that my gas tank leaking like crazy didn't realize any of this had happened what are the potential concoction that was potentially Brewing up until I got home 300 Mi away every time I would go to the gas station the underside of the car would just pour gasoline but I was like I need to make it home home and this was before I knew how to work on the car now it's stupid to even think about such an easy fix literally I could have fixed it with bubble gum but all those plastic coverings anywho I'm about to get rid of that shit today for a 2013 STI with a rally suspension and more protection I'm going to film it and become a legend you don't know what freedom is until you've got a WRX and you're out in the back roads of the Gold Country looking at history that may have been there for 20 years or 130 years ago literally you'll find just pockets of Random holes in the side of mountains let go in 20 ft or sometimes MI miles nowhere near civilization or any humans yeah at one point there was tons of people digging that shit out because there was a huge quartz vein there with tons of gold and it's just completely desolate now that is what it's all about and now I got e-bike mountain bike I was aiming for a dirt bike gasoline but this is just as good when it comes to exploring the areas the car can't explore you never explored the California Gold Country you're a mcmoron

Omg the sqeeeeeeky clutch peddle🤣 I had that, stoopid busted welds, plzzz bolt that thing down 🥲

what is the display you have in this car?

Took forever to just say good car or bad car more like story time

What a G, head unit in the description

Reverse isn't synchronized.

I have 157k on my 14 hatch stage 2 and it runs perfect!

Frankly, it's really hard to gauge the reliability of a car that is almost exclusively purchased to be ridden and/or modded into oblivion.

I feel like they arent reliable if you got a meat head owning it who doesn't do regular oil changes and launches it at every start.

Subis are so fun to abuse people forget it's just a car.. Not an immortal car. Also subis really require specialist mechanics, people think they know cars and make mistakes on unfamiliar platform because they just assume their knowledge will work on every car. Donut media made this mistake and blew 1 too many engines because none of them are actual subi specialists. One mistake subi made to be fair is they underestimated how much people will try to push their cars to it's limits. Their cars are reliable up to a certain point only. It's not built to be pushed harder.

Its that bad, I own one lol. expect bmw/audi repair costs in 2023 too

Bone stock 2013 wrx...Didnt abuse mine.... 2nd owner bought it around 32,000kms, these things are by far the biggest ticking time bombs on the road. Ive owned 2 trucks/2 jeeps and a VW. Selling this car at 121000km was one of the happiest days of my life lol. Complete garbage car, 11k bucks in repairs in the 4 years i owned it. Never again

*Test drove a used 2011 today, about 94k on it 2 owners appears to be stock.*

The only way youre blowing a head gasket is if youre 16 years old driving one.

Almost every car that has ever been released, of some years, have had transmission issues. That said, the ringland failure is most oftenly caused by the fourth cylinder not getting enough coolant, which leads to overheating. Something that costs $40 to fix (by cutting in to the coolant line to C2 and installing a T splitter, then running a second tube to C4, so that both cylinders are getting a flow of coolant, rather than C4 just getting the leftovers of C2's.) The whole head gasket thing is; I feel like a lot of that is misconception. They'll conflate the WRX/STI with the base model Impreza, which used single layer headgaskets, while the WRX does not, and then say the WRX has headgasket issues. You're going to have headgasket issues in ANY CAR if you don't do basic bitch oil changes, which is what you're supposed to be doing anyway, in any car.

Subaru has main issues consistently being rust underneath and engines being blown up. I think this is where mitsunishi takes the win. Not many evos being blown.